Does Your Facility Meet Swing Bed Certification Requirements?

Source: Medicare Compliance Watch

When provided under a swing bed arrangement, SNF extended care services are referred to as “swing bed” services. In a swing bed hospital, an inpatient bed may actually swing from one level of care to another, depending upon a particular patient’s need.

Slashing CAUTI Rates

Source: HealthLeaders Media

Healthcare system leaders are finding that prolonged multipronged efforts can lead to reduced infection rates, though some experts caution about the potential for unintended consequences.

2016 CPT: Digestive System Has Most Surgical Procedure Changes

Source: JustCoding

Perhaps recognizing the massive undertaking for coding and HIM departments in 2015 with the implementation of ICD-10, the latest CPT® update includes a relatively small 367 changes for 2016.

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Q&A: Determining the Healthcare Proxy’s Access to Records

Source: Briefings on HIPAA

Does the healthcare proxy have automatic access to the records of the patient he or she is a proxy of as long as we have the healthcare proxy document on file?

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